Parents/Guardians who wish to educate their children at home must submit to the District an individual home instruction plan (IHIP), outlining the educational goals to be met and the course materials and syllabi to be used each year for the child's learning process. The District may accept or deny an IHIP. Parents/Guardians must submit quarterly reports which will provide the District with the necessary information to make determinations of substantial equivalency and competency of instruction on an ongoing basis.
Parents/Guardians may appeal to the Board a determination by the Superintendent or designee that an IHIP is not in compliance with the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education. Parents/Guardians shall have the right to appeal the final determination of the Board to the Commissioner of Education within 30 days of receipt of such determination.
A student with an IHIP who is a resident of the District and who has a disability, or is suspected of having a disability, is eligible to receive special education services from the District, in accordance with law, regulation and District policy. A parent/guardian must request special education services in writing to the Board by June 1st, unless the child is first identified or moves into the District for the coming year after June 1st. In that case, the parent/guardian must request the services within 30 days of being identified or of moving into the District.
Special education services will be provided on an equitable basis compared to programs and services provided to other students with disabilities attending public or nonpublic schools within the District. The District will determine the location where services will be available to homeschooled students.
Students instructed at home by their parents are not entitled to participate in interscholastic sports and shall not be permitted to participate in intramural sports and other school-sponsored extracurricular activities.
In addition, the District shall not loan instructional materials to students receiving home instruction.
For additional information and procedures, please see the Homeschool Handbook on the District website or contact the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction.
Cross-ref:
4321, Programs for Students with Disabilities, et.seq.
Ref:
Education Law §§ 3204(2); 3210(2)(d); 3602-c (2-c)
8 NYCRR §100.10
Appeal of Ponte, 41 EDR 174 (2001)
Matter of Abookire, 33 EDR 473 (1994)
State Education Department Memorandum, “New Requirements for the Provision of
Special Education Services to Home-Instructed (“Homeschooled”) Students, July 2008
Adoption date: December 1, 2015
Amended date: January 22, 2007
Adoption date: November 23, 2015
Amended date: January 9, 2017
Reviewed date: November 13, 2019
Amended date: January 27, 2020
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